Question

I have two questions regarding to the positioning of a mpl window (using WXAgg backend)

1-) How to create a maximized window, instead of me clicking on window to maximize it each time?

2-) I have two screens. Interestingly, my mpl windows tend to open on my small screen. How can I force mpl/ipython/WX/X-windows to open mpl windows on my 2nd and bigger monitor?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Relative to your first question, you can use Maximize on your figure manager (as your figure manager is a FigureManagerWx instance) or equivalent methods in case of other backends:

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> plt.plot([1,2,6,4])
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x0000000008E5D2E8>]
>>> mng = plt.get_current_fig_manager()
>>> plt.show()                                    # you get normal size
>>> mng.frame.Maximize(True)                      # now mpl window maximizes

For the second question, I am not sure (i can not test it) but if the problem can be solved by setting the position of your figure in a screen extended in two monitors, then you can use SetPosition (again for a wxAgg backend):

>>> mng.frame.SetPosition(*args, **kwargs)